Diverse Issues in Higher Education — a magazine based in Fairfax, Va., and sponsor of the awards since the mid-1990s — announced the honorees Thursday. Criteria for the awards include being a person of color with a minimum cumulative grade-point average of 3.5 through the fall 2018 semester. Honorees must have completed one full academic year at the nominating institution and have a demonstrated record of service to the campus or community.
Jones, a senior from Baton Rouge, La., and a graduate of Episcopal High School, was honored for the third consecutive year and made the first team for the second straight year. Another three-time honoree, all on the second team, is Brianna Pace (women's cross country/track and field), a senior from Junction City, Kan., and a graduate of Junction City High School.
Chikhaoui is a junior from Lille, France. His high school was St. Remi, and he also competed at two-year Eastern Florida State before transferring to XULA.
XULA's other three Ashe scholars all are two-time selections: Maya Trench (women's basketball third team), Yi Chen Pao (women's tennis third team) and Khalil McCoy (men's basketball second team). Trench is a junior from Edgard, La., and a graduate of West St. John High School, Pao is a junior from Taichung City, Taiwan and a graduate of National Shan-Hua, and McCoy is a sophomore from Suwanee, Ga. — it's his first year in the College of Pharmacy — and a graduate of Newnan High School.
Diverse Issues raised the minimum GPA from 3.2 a year ago.
The list of XULA's Ashe Sports Scholars:
Team | Name | Year* | Major | Hometown | Former School(s) |
Women's Basketball | |||||
3rd | Maya Trench | Junior | Accounting | Edgard, La. | West St. John |
Women's Tennis | |||||
3rd | Yi Chen Pao | Junior | Accounting | Taichung City, Taiwan | National Shan-Hua |
Women's Track and Field/Cross Country | |||||
1st | Janelle Jones | Senior | Accounting | Baton Rouge, La. | Episcopal |
2nd | Brianna Pace | Senior | Computer Science | Junction City, Kan. | Junction City |
Men's Basketball | |||||
2nd | Khalil McCoy | Sophomore | Pharmacy | Suwanee, Ga. | Newnan |
Men's Tennis | |||||
1st | Samir Chikhaoui | Junior | Finance | Lille, France | St. Remi/Eastern Florida |
* 2018-19 athletic classification Ed Cassiere, Assistant Athletics Director for Communications Department of Athletics & Recreation XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA XULAgold.com twitter.com/xulagold www.facebook.com/xulagold |
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